It’s a little known fact (or in most cases, wishful thinking) that some foods can, in certain situations, go from being fattening no-no’s to being totally calorie-free simply by mangling your perspective. Here’s a list of those foods and situations.
1. Anything sampled when preparing food - If you’re taste-testing, those tastes are calorie-free. If you’re […]

According to a poll co-conducted by NPR, the Kaiser Family Foundation and the Harvard School of Public Health, 50% of workers in this economy go to work sick. This is attributed to not having paid sick leave and employer pressure to be on the job. Although federal legislation has been proposed, San Francisco and Washington, […]

How did the iconic Rice-A-Roni become “The San Francisco Treat”? In 1946 a Canadian woman married an Italian immigrant, who worked in his father’s, San Francisco, pasta factory. Because housing was scarce after WWII, the couple rented a room from an Armenian woman, who taught the Canadian woman how to make Armenian pilaf. When the […]

As of July 2008 California banned the use of hand-held phones while driving. Connecticut, New Jersey, New York, Washington, the District of Columbia and the Virgin Islands have a similar law; and I was fine with that until I heard about new research from Japan. According to the research, drivers think they are safer when […]

In 1845 Congress decided Tuesday would be the most convenient day of the week for Americans to vote and it hasn’t changed. Of course, in 1845 we were an agrarian society that traveled by horse and buggy. Farmers needed a day to get to the county seat, a day to vote and a day to […]

It’s not easy to be left-handed in a right-handed world. Things like shaking hands or being helped to put on a coat can be awkward. To make their lives easier lefthanders deserve innovations like notepads that tear from the right, doors that open from the right and toilets that flush on the right. They deserve […]

Novelty diplomas have been around for years. People have bought it for various reasons. It is important, however, to draw the distinction and realize that fake diplomas and fake transcripts are not meant to be used as a substitute for a real education and certainly not to be used to apply for a […]

Although Pythagoras and other early mathematicians believed in numerology, it’s now considered an occult art in which numbers supposedly reflect personal characteristics. Only numbers 1-9, plus 11 and 22 are used. All numbers are reduced to those numbers by adding their components. For example, 24 would be 2+4 or 6. The numbers in my birth […]

At 3:00 am in the morning and still watching your TV, you may ask yourself the question; where can I read funny text messages? You may have received them from your classmates, friends, coworkers and people around you that want to keep in touch. Normally you will be receiving them through your online social utility […]